National Conference on Cloud Computing & Commerce

Programme

• The Fourth National Conference on Cloud Computing and Commerce (NC4) is a free national conference on cloud computing and commerce taking place on Tuesday, 14^th April at Dublin City University. The conference comprises 4 tracks and a plenary featuring presentations from business leaders and experts on cloud computing. Attendees are welcome to register for individual tracks and/or the plenary.

  The conference is organised by Techspectations  and the Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce both located at DCU Business School. The event brings together industry and academic experts to discuss how cloud technologies can address business problems and drive value. NC4 is designed to raise further awareness of the role that cloud computing can play in helping to drive economic growth, support job creation and to deliver savings and efficiencies in the public and private sector in Ireland. (Schedule subject to change)

  Track 1 – EU Projects

  • April 14, 2023
    • 9:30 am - 11:00 amCloudLightning - A Horizon2020-funded project on Self-Organising, Self-Managing Heterogeneous Cloud

      Room AG01, Albert College, DCU
      Chair: Prof John Morrison, Principle Investigator, IC4
      

      Prof John Morrison, University College Cork - "CloudLightning"
      Prof George Gravvanis, Democritus University of Thrace - "Scientific computing in cloud environments"
      Prof Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara - "MultiClouds: challenges and current solutions"
      Dr Tobias Becker, Maxeler Technologies - "Dataflow Engines"
      

    • 11:30 am - 1:00 pmEU Project Concertation and Networking

      Room AG01, Albert College, DCU

      Chair: Prof John Morrison, Principle Investigator, IC4
      

      Speakers:

      Sergej Svorobej - “CactoSim – Optimisation-aware data centre simulation toolkit”
      Dr Martin Collier - The RINCE Institute and EU Projects
      Prof Fiona Regan - "MARIABOX" - MARIne environmental in situ Assessment and monitoring tool BOX
      Dr Gareth Jones - ADAPT Centre and EU Projects
      Eamonn Power - TSSG and EU Projects

    • 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmMO-BIZZ: Mobile Cloud Ecosystem

      Room Q305, DCU Business School
      Dr. Antonio Cruz, MO-BIZZ: Mobile Cloud Ecosystem

  Track 2 – Analytics

  • April 14, 2023
    • 9:30 am - 11:00 amCloud Analytics

      Room Q305, DCU Business School
      

      Chair: Dr. Claus Pahl, Principal Investigator, IC4
      

      Pooyan Jamshidi, Postdoctoral Researcher, IC4, "Predictive Autoscaling of Cloud Resources"
      Chris Woods, Intel , "CloudWave - Monitoring in a Cloud Environment"
      Dr. Vincent C. Emeakaroha, Post Doctorate Researcher IC4 "Cloud Quality of Service Monitoring"

    • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Data Analytics

      Room Q305, DCU Business School
      Simon Rees, Idiro, "Analysing customer networks for influencer marketing"
      Ronan Dalton, Cloud Computing Leader, IBM Ireland
      Dr. Fiachra Collins, Co-founder & CTO at AmbiSense Ltd

    • 2:30 pm - 3:30 pmCloud Networking Forum

      Room A140, MarketingLab, Albert College DCU
      The cloud networking forum is a networking event for Industry to showcase innovative cloud solutions that have been developed in Ireland while creating an opportunity for companies to understand the benefits in using cloud hosted services.
      
      Participating companies:
      
      John Power, CEO, Ostia Solutions
      Tony O'Dowd, Evangelist MT, KanTanMT
      Philip Healy Chief Technology Officer, Rendicity
      Gerard Forde, Founder, Bizimply
      Eamon Rheinish, Business Development Manager, LetsHost
      Aidan Rowsome, Head of Cloud Practice, Unity Technology Solutions
      Philip O'Doherty, CEO, eSpatial
      Richard Boyd, CEO & Founder, Incaplex
      Mike Brady, Chief Operating Officer, CR2
      

  Track 3 – Security

  • April 14, 2023
    • 9:30 am - 11:00 amSecurity in the Cloud

      Room Q306, DCU Business School
      Brian Honan, CEO, BH Consulting
      Dr. Brian Lee, Cloud Security Theme Lead IC4
      Ken Bagnall, Channel Manager, TheEmailLaundry
      

    • 11:30 am - 1:00 pmData Breach, Privacy Regulations and Legal Responsibilities in the Cloud

      Room Q306, DCU Business School
      Pearse Ryan, Partner, Arthur Cox
      Mike Harris, Partner – Cyber Security Services Grant Thornton
      Grace Milton, Account Director, Edelman
      

    • 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmCloud Networking Forum

      MarketingLab, Room A140, Albert College, DCU
      The cloud networking forum is a networking event for Industry to showcase innovative cloud solutions that have been developed in Ireland while creating an opportunity for companies to understand the benefits in using cloud hosted services.
      
      Participating companies:
      
      John Power, CEO, Ostia Solutions
      Tony O'Dowd, Evangelist MT, KanTanMT
      Philip Healy Chief Technology Officer, Rendicity
      Gerard Forde, Founder, Bizimply
      Eamon Rheinish, Business Development Manager, LetsHost
      Aidan Rowsome, Head of Cloud Practice, Unity Technology Solutions
      Philip O'Doherty, CEO, eSpatial
      Richard Boyd, CEO & Founder, Incaplex
      Mike Brady, Chief Operating Officer, CR2
      

  Track 4 – Search Engine Optimisation

  • April 14, 2023
    • 9:30 am - 11:00 amWorkshop: Search Engine Optimisation

      Dr. Theo Lynn will deliver a practical workshop Search Engine Optimisation and how it relates to Content Marketing.

    • 11:30 am - 1:00 pmSearch Engine Optimisation Workshop (Continued)

      Room A140, MarketingLab, Albert College DCU
      

    • 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmCloud Networking Forum

      Room A140, MarketingLab, Albert College DCU
      The cloud networking forum is a networking event for Industry to showcase innovative cloud solutions that have been developed in Ireland while creating an opportunity for companies to understand the benefits in using cloud hosted services.
      
      Participating companies:
      
      John Power, CEO, Ostia Solutions
      Tony O'Dowd, Evangelist MT, KanTanMT
      Philip Healy Chief Technology Officer, Rendicity
      Gerard Forde, Founder, Bizimply
      Eamon Rheinish, Business Development Manager, LetsHost
      Aidan Rowsome, Head of Cloud Practice, Unity Technology Solutions
      Philip O'Doherty, CEO, eSpatial
      Richard Boyd, CEO & Founder, Incaplex
      Mike Brady, Chief Operating Officer, CR2
      

  Plenary

  • April 14, 2023
    • 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPlenary

      Chairperson: Sean Baker, Steering Board Chairman, Irish Centre for Cloud Computing & Commerce
      Mary Moloney, Global CEO CoderDojo Foundation
      Richard Garsthagen, EMEA Director of Cloud Business Development, Oracle
      Shay Garvey, Partner and Co-Founder at Frontline Venture Capital
      John Massey, EMEA Business Development Lead, SAP Ireland